Blanket



(Specimens.)

J. BROADHEAD.

BLANKBT.

110. 312,323. Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BROADHEAD, OF CORN WALL, NEW YORK.

B LAN KET.

SIIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,323, dated February 17, 1885.

Application filed November 24, 1884.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH BEOADHEAD, of Cornwall, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Blankets, of which the following is a speciiication.

Before my invention, fabrics had been made of a foundation of cotton or hemp, woven plain, and a layer of Wool upon one or both sides fitted through such foundation, and then the wool surface has been printed in ures or designs. My invention, therefore, does not relate to either of the foregoing features, nor to the machine for felting the wool and jute together, as a machine adapted for this object is shown in Letters Patent No. 123,136, granted January 30, 1872, to Milton I). Whipple.

In the manufacture of horse-blankets it is usual to employ a foundation of j uteor similar material with a lining of Woven fabricsuch as wool or wool and cotton mixed. The two sheets of fabric have to be cutout, laid together, and bound. rIfhis entails considerable labor, and neither fabric supports the other, consequently the lining is very soon worn or torn, and the blanket becomes useless. In addition to this, itis found that with the ordinary lined blanket the perspiration is liable to condense and the blanket to be come wet. This is injurious to the animal, and the blanket is quickly destroyed.

My improvement is made with reference to the manufacture of horse-blankets that are softer and more flexible than those heretofore made, and are stronger and of a single thickness, and both surfaces have a fleecy appearance from the wool employed, and the exterior surface is in various colors to obtain the proper appearance, and the lining is of wool, so as to afford the necessary warmth, and not to injure the hair of the animal. The perspiration is allowed to pass off freely through the pores of the blanket, and the blanket does not become wet, and it is as useful in this respect as the expensive all-wool blankets.

In carrying out my invention, I weave a foundation of jute of the necessary strength and thickness in two or more colors, usually in plaids or checks. I then lay upon one of (Specimens) the surfaces a sheet of wool-batting, either colored or White, and I pass the same through a felting-machine-such, for instance, as that in the aforesaid patent-and in so doing the wool is carried into and through the jute foundation sufficiently tormly secure the wool to the foundation, and at the same time to draw or force sufficient of the wool through the fabric to give the surface a fleecy appearance or nap. Thejute foundation, which ordinarily is harsh and stiff, is rendered comparatively soft and pliable by the penetrating needles opening the threads and carrying in wool, which felts into the fabric, and the color of the jute, which ordinarily is harsh and objectionable, is subdued and softened by the wool projecting through it, and giving to the fabric a finished appearance, and the strength of the blanket is increased by the felting action and the presence of the wool in the fabric. The exterior of the horseblanket is by this mode of manufacture in checks, stripes, or mottled colors derived from the different colors of warp and weft used in Weaving the jute foundation, and the inner surface, being of Wool, is of the proper warmth for the animal, and the wool forms a protection to the animals hair from the jute, which ordinarily is too harsh to be next the skin.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a horseblanket, and in the section, Fig. 2, the woven jute foundation is shown at a, and the inner layer of wool at b, and the exterior surface at c.

The edges may be bound as at d.

This horse-blanket made as aforesaid is a new article of manufacture.

Theblanket having a woven jute foundation of different colors, and a back of Wool felted into the jute foundation, the Wool showing upon the face and mingling With the colors of thejute to form the outside or face of such blanket, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 20th day of November, A. D. 1884.

JOSEPH BROADHEAD.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM G. Mori", e HAROLD .SERRELL 

